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Charley Jones
Charles Wesley Jones (Baby)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 202 lb.

Debut May 4, 1875
Final Game April 26, 1888
Born April 30, 1850 in Alamance County, NC

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        I've always been intrigued by this colorful, early homerun king, who played under an alias, and of whose death there are no details available. Could he be hanging out w/ Ambrose Bierce, Amelia Earhart, Glen Miller, & Jim Morrison?

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1875 25 TOT NA  13   51    5   13   2  4   0   10   1  1   0   6  .255  .255  .451  134   23                    
         WES NA  12   47    4   13   2  4   0   10   1  1   0   5  .277  .277  .489  154   23                    
         HAR NA   1    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0                    
 1876 26 CIN NL  64  276   40   79  17  4   4   38          7  17  .286  .304  .420  154  116                    
 1877 27 TOT NL  57  240   53   75  12 10   2   38   0  0  15  25  .313  .353  .471  168  113   0   0   0   0    
         CIN NL  17   69   16   21   3  3   1   10   0  0   4   8  .304  .342  .478  168   33   0   0   0   0    
         CHC NL   2    8    1    3   1  0   0    2          1   0  .375  .444  .500  182    4                    
         CIN NL  38  163   36   51   8  7   1   26         10  17  .313  .353  .466  168   76                    
 1878 28 CIN NL  61  261   50   81  11  7   3   39          4  17  .310  .321  .441  158  115                    
 1879 29 BSN NL  83  355   85  112  22 10   9   62         29  38  .315  .367  .510  183  181                    
 1880 30 BSN NL  66  280   44   84  15  3   5   37         11  27  .300  .326  .429  156  120                    
 1883 33 CIN AA  90  391   84  115  15 12  10   80   0     20      .294  .328  .471  147  184                    
 1884 34 CIN AA 112  472  117  148  19 17   7   71   0     37      .314  .376  .470  170  222              10    
 1885 35 CIN AA 112  487  108  157  19 17   5   35   0     21      .322  .362  .462  157  225               9    
 1886 36 CIN AA 127  500   87  135  22 10   6   68   3     61      .270  .356  .390  132  195               6    
 1887 37 TOT AA 103  400   58  111  18  7   5   69  15     31      .278  .343  .395  106  158               9    
         CIN AA  41  153   28   48   7  4   2   40   7     19      .314  .400  .451  134   69               3    
         NYP AA  62  247   30   63  11  3   3   29   8     12      .255  .306  .360   87   89               6    
 1888 38 KCC AA   6   25    2    4   0  1   0    5   1      1      .160  .192  .240   35    6               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons         3738      1114    102      552      1     130  .298  .345  .444  150        0   0   0  34   0
                894       733      172     56       20    237                            1658
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        677  133  202  31 18  10  100   4  0  43  24  .298  .345  .444  150  300   0   0   0   6   0
 Career High    127  500  117  157  22 17  10   80  15  1  61  38  .322  .376  .510  183  225   0   0   0  10   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1875 25 TOT NA   51   39    6   4.1    61| .255  .263| .255  .270| .451  .322| .706  .592| 134  .601   1.5   0.2  50%
         WES NA   47   35    6   4.6    61| .277  .263| .277  .270| .489  .322| .766  .592| 154  .647   2.3   0.3  50%
         HAR NA    4    4    0   0.0    62| .000  .264| .000  .271| .000  .324| .000  .595|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1876 26 CIN NL  283  197   35   4.9    54| .286  .250| .304  .263| .420  .304| .724  .566| 154  .632  15.6   1.7     
 1877 27 TOT NL  255  165   40   6.6    66| .313  .264| .353  .282| .471  .329| .824  .611| 168  .726  18.4   1.9   0%
         CIN NL   73   48   11   6.2    66| .304  .263| .342  .281| .478  .328| .820  .608| 168  .705   5.1   0.5   0%
         CHC NL    9    5    2  10.8    82| .375  .290| .444  .309| .500  .361| .944  .670| 182  .868   0.9   0.1     
         CIN NL  173  112   27   6.5    66| .313  .263| .353  .281| .466  .328| .819  .608| 168  .723  12.3   1.3     
 1878 28 CIN NL  265  180   37   5.6    60| .310  .255| .321  .273| .441  .314| .762  .587| 158  .707  14.8   1.7     
 1879 29 BSN NL  384  243   66   7.4    68| .315  .262| .367  .278| .510  .339| .877  .617| 183  .796  32.9   3.6     
 1880 30 BSN NL  291  196   39   5.3    60| .300  .243| .326  .266| .429  .321| .755  .587| 156  .720  16.2   1.9     
 1883 33 CIN AA  411  276   60   5.8    75| .294  .264| .328  .294| .471  .347| .799  .641| 147  .710  20.2   2.2     
 1884 34 CIN AA  519  324   81   6.5    71| .314  .249| .376  .288| .470  .339| .846  .626| 170  .784  37.3   4.2     
 1885 35 CIN AA  517  330   79   6.4    74| .322  .253| .362  .300| .462  .340| .824  .640| 157  .757  30.2   3.4     
 1886 36 CIN AA  567  365   68   4.9    76| .270  .249| .356  .313| .390  .332| .746  .644| 132  .650  20.1   2.2     
 1887 37 TOT AA  440  289   53   4.8    96| .278  .278| .343  .342| .395  .375| .738  .716| 106  .534   3.0   0.2     
         CIN AA  175  105   27   6.7    99| .314  .282| .400  .347| .451  .381| .851  .727| 134  .680   7.6   0.7     
         NYP AA  265  184   26   3.7    94| .255  .275| .306  .338| .360  .371| .666  .709|  87  .416  -4.6  -0.5     
 1888 38 KCC AA   26   21    1   1.3    75| .160  .251| .192  .310| .240  .331| .432  .641|  35  .151  -2.0  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4009 2625  565   5.7    72| .298  .257| .345  .294| .444  .336| .789  .630| 150  .704 208.2  23.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1887 37 NYP AA   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    2    2    1   0    4    0   0   0    11       0  3.00  4.29  143 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    2    2    1   0    4    0   0   0    11       0  3.00  4.29  143 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  34  0  102.0   68   68   34   0  136    0   0   0   374   0   0  3.00  4.29  143 2.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1875 25 TOT NA OF 13 12 2 4 0 .778 .819 1.08 1.77 12 1 0 WES NA OF 12 10 2 3 0 .800 .816 1.00 1.77 12 0 0 HAR NA OF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .833 2.00 1.80 0 1 0 1876 26 CIN NL OF 64 151 11 27 2 .857 .847 2.53 2.03 10 53 1 1877 27 TOT NL OF 48 138 15 28 2 .845 .831 3.19 1.84 43 5 0 CIN NL 1B 10 100 3 9 4 .920 .951 10.30 10.63 OF 8 21 2 4 0 .852 .830 2.88 1.84 5 3 0 CHC NL OF 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 .833 3.00 1.85 0 2 0 CIN NL OF 38 112 12 24 2 .838 .831 3.26 1.84 38 0 0 1878 28 CIN NL OF 61 120 9 15 1 .896 .834 2.11 1.72 51 10 0 1879 29 BSN NL OF 83 162 20 13 1 .933 .838 2.19 1.85 83 0 0 1880 30 BSN NL OF 66 108 11 25 3 .826 .855 1.80 1.76 66 1 0 1883 33 CIN AA OF 90 172 12 26 1 .876 .851 2.04 1.73 16 75 0 1884 34 CIN AA OF 112 207 12 28 0 .887 .846 1.96 1.61 63 51 0 1885 35 CIN AA OF 112 214 22 29 6 .891 .879 2.11 1.83 112 0 0 1886 36 CIN AA OF 127 217 23 33 1 .879 .877 1.89 1.75 127 0 0 1887 37 TOT AA OF 103 188 25 21 8 .910 .898 2.07 2.01 47 51 7 CIN AA OF 41 74 7 9 2 .900 .898 1.98 2.01 41 1 0 NYP AA OF 62 114 18 12 6 .917 .898 2.13 2.01 6 50 7 P 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 1B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 9.60 1888 38 KCC AA OF 6 8 1 3 0 .750 .909 1.50 1.78 6 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1877 27 CIN NL 1B 10 100 3 9 4 .920 .951 10.30 10.63 1887 37 NYP AA 1B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 9.60 1875 25 TOT NA OF 13 12 2 4 0 .778 .819 1.08 1.77 12 1 0 WES NA OF 12 10 2 3 0 .800 .816 1.00 1.77 12 0 0 HAR NA OF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .833 2.00 1.80 0 1 0 1876 26 CIN NL OF 64 151 11 27 2 .857 .847 2.53 2.03 10 53 1 1877 27 TOT NL OF 48 138 15 28 2 .845 .831 3.19 1.84 43 5 0 CIN NL OF 8 21 2 4 0 .852 .830 2.88 1.84 5 3 0 CHC NL OF 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 .833 3.00 1.85 0 2 0 CIN NL OF 38 112 12 24 2 .838 .831 3.26 1.84 38 0 0 1878 28 CIN NL OF 61 120 9 15 1 .896 .834 2.11 1.72 51 10 0 1879 29 BSN NL OF 83 162 20 13 1 .933 .838 2.19 1.85 83 0 0 1880 30 BSN NL OF 66 108 11 25 3 .826 .855 1.80 1.76 66 1 0 1883 33 CIN AA OF 90 172 12 26 1 .876 .851 2.04 1.73 16 75 0 1884 34 CIN AA OF 112 207 12 28 0 .887 .846 1.96 1.61 63 51 0 1885 35 CIN AA OF 112 214 22 29 6 .891 .879 2.11 1.83 112 0 0 1886 36 CIN AA OF 127 217 23 33 1 .879 .877 1.89 1.75 127 0 0 1887 37 TOT AA OF 103 188 25 21 8 .910 .898 2.07 2.01 47 51 7 CIN AA OF 41 74 7 9 2 .900 .898 1.98 2.01 41 1 0 NYP AA OF 62 114 18 12 6 .917 .898 2.13 2.01 6 50 7 1888 38 KCC AA OF 6 8 1 3 0 .750 .909 1.50 1.78 6 0 0 1887 37 NYP AA P 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.40 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 885 1697 163 252 25 .881 .858 2.10 1.80 636 247 8 1B 11 100 3 10 4 .912 .951 9.36 10.54 P* 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.10 0 3.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 898 1797 166 263 29 .882 .862 2.19 1.91
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1878 NL-.310-9
1879 NL-.315-9
1880 NL-.300-7
1884 AA-.314-7
1885 AA-.322-4

On-base %
1877 NL-.353-6
1879 NL-.367-3
1880 NL-.326-7
1883 AA-.328-9
1884 AA-.376-1
1885 AA-.362-6

Slugging %
1876 NL-.420-7
1877 NL-.471-2
1878 NL-.441-5
1879 NL-.510-2
1880 NL-.429-7
1883 AA-.471-4
1884 AA-.470-6
1885 AA-.462-5

OPS
1877 NL-.824-5
1878 NL-.761-9
1879 NL-.877-2
1880 NL-.755-6
1883 AA-.799-5
1884 AA-.846-5
1885 AA-.824-5

Games
1879 NL-83-7
1884 AA-112-1
1885 AA-112-1

At Bats
1884 AA-472-8
1885 AA-487-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1879 NL-384-3
1884 AA-519-1
1885 AA-517-2

Runs
1877 NL-53-5
1878 NL-50-6
1879 NL-85-1
1884 AA-117-2
1885 AA-108-3

Hits
1878 NL-81-10
1879 NL-112-4
1884 AA-148-5
1885 AA-157-2

Total Bases
1877 NL-113-6
1878 NL-115-6
1879 NL-181-2
1883 AA-184-4
1884 AA-222-4
1885 AA-225-5

Doubles
1876 NL-17-7
1877 NL-12-8
1879 NL-22-6
1885 AA-19-9

Triples
1877 NL-10-2
1878 NL-7-2
1879 NL-10-5
1883 AA-12-6
1884 AA-17-4
1885 AA-17-3

Home Runs
1876 NL-4-2
1877 NL-2-3
1878 NL-3-2
1879 NL-9-1
1880 NL-5-3
1883 AA-10-2
1884 AA-7-4
1885 AA-5-6
1886 AA-6-4
1887 AA-5-10

RBI
1877 NL-38-4
1878 NL-39-4
1879 NL-62-1
1880 NL-37-10
1883 AA-80-1
1884 AA-71-6

Bases on Balls
1877 NL-15-2
1879 NL-29-1
1884 AA-37-3
1886 AA-61-9

Strikeouts
1876 NL-17-4
1877 NL-25-3
1879 NL-38-6

Singles
1884 AA-105-6
1885 AA-116-2

Adjusted OPS+
1876 NL-154-7
1877 NL-168-3
1878 NL-158-3
1879 NL-183-2
1880 NL-156-5
1883 AA-147-5
1884 AA-170-6
1885 AA-157-5
Car-150-33

Runs Created
1877 NL-40-6
1878 NL-37-9
1879 NL-66-2
1883 AA-60-5
1884 AA-81-4
1885 AA-79-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1876 NL-16-6
1877 NL-18-4
1878 NL-15-6
1879 NL-33-2
1880 NL-16-8
1883 AA-20-5
1884 AA-37-4
1885 AA-30-5

Batting Wins
1876 NL-1.7-6
1877 NL-1.9-4
1878 NL-1.7-5
1879 NL-3.6-2
1880 NL-1.9-8
1883 AA-2.2-5
1884 AA-4.2-4
1885 AA-3.4-5

Extra-Base Hits
1876 NL-25-4
1877 NL-24-2
1878 NL-21-6
1879 NL-41-1
1883 AA-37-3
1884 AA-43-6
1885 AA-41-5

Times on Base
1877 NL-90-9
1879 NL-141-2
1884 AA-195-1
1885 AA-187-3

Offensive Win%
1877 NL-.726-5
1878 NL-.707-9
1879 NL-.796-4
1880 NL-.720-5
1883 AA-.710-5
1884 AA-.784-6
1885 AA-.757-5
Car-.704-67

Hit By Pitch
1884 AA-10-8
1885 AA-9-4
1887 AA-9-9

At Bats per Home Run
1876 NL-69.0-2
1877 NL-120.0-3
1878 NL-87.0-2
1879 NL-39.4-1
1880 NL-56.0-1
1883 AA-39.1-2
1884 AA-67.4-8
1885 AA-97.4-8
1886 AA-83.3-7
1887 AA-80.0-9

Oldest Player
1883 AA-33-7
1884 AA-34-6
1885 AA-35-3
1886 AA-36-3
1887 AA-37-4
1888 AA-38-1

     

Black Ink: Batting - 20 (105) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 162 (70) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.0 (889) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 26.0 (643) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 11, 1887: Purchased by the New York Metropolitans from the Cincinnati Red Stockings for $1,000.

October, 1887: Released by the New York Metropolitans. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

Before 1888 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Cowboys.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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